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Indeed, just as French language and Latin-based orthographies for languages in this reason are the result of a colonial legacy, so too the use of Arabic as a pr

• aga98mtl 4y ago
  As far as we know, Senegal was never an arab colony or under direct control. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Senegal#Kingdoms_and_Empires https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Senegal#Kingdoms_an... Calling it an arab colony would be like saying Sweden was a roman colony because they use the roman script.
  • RansomStark 4y ago
    But it was conquered by Muslim invaders, not Arabs, but Muslims, specifically the Almoravids [0]. Sweden is not a particularly good example. A better example might be Latvia (or any of the other areas invaded as part of the northern crusades), which was invaded by a group of Catholics spreading the faith[1], Latvia could not be called a colony of the Papacy, but it certainly moved the area into Romes sphere of influence, with all the religion and language that entails. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Bakr_ibn_Umar https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Bakr_ibn_Umar [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Crusades https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Crusades
• coliveira 4y ago
  Colonization is not the only way to spread a script. Arabic arrived in Africa by several means, not like European colonization.